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Advocates a policy of gradual integration of Europe in which key decisions about Europe's future are put in the hands of its people, and a 'bipolar commonality' of the West in which a more unified Eur...
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Includes cutaways, floorplans and reconstructions of the must-see sites, and street-by-street maps of all the fascinating cities and towns of Europe. This book is packed with photographs and illustrat...
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From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik to the Volga, from Minos to Margaret Thatcher, this book tells the story of Europe in a single volume. From the Ice Age to the Cold War, from Reykjavik...
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Czech President Vaclav Klaus examines the uneasy Europe of today. Vaclav Klaus is President of the Czech Republic. He hit the headlines most recently by refusing, like David Cameron, to sign up to the...
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A one-volume history of Europe, by a distinguished French historian, which aims to give a European view rather than a history seen from one particular national viewpoint. It has been written under the...
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A one-volume history of Europe, by a distinguished French historian, which aims to give a European view rather than a history seen from one particular national viewpoint. It has been written under the...
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Tells the story of a group of highly competitive and mutually suspicious dynasties, and also of a continent uniquely prone to interference from 'semi-detached' elements, such as Russia, the Ottoman Em...
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...of Britain and Europe. A couple of years ago I decided that it was time that I updated my reference guide for something a little bit more modern. The book I chose was the Birds of Europe by Lars Jonson.
Lars Jonson is a very well known name in the world of Ornithology. Born in Sweden Lars Jonson is best known as a Bird Artist and has won many prestigious awards. He had an exhibit at the National Museum...

The occasional omission or questionable argument, inevitable in a book of this nature

...One could argue that the main title of this book is slightly questionable. Throughout the half-century or so preceding the outbreak of hostilities in 1914, Europe had rarely been a conflict-free zone, with the Franco-Prussian, Graeco-Turkish and Balkan wars for a start. However, it is only reasonable to add the qualification that the majority of the continent was at peace with itself and most...

Diplomatic history not so assured, bias in focus towards Western front

...the First World War. With this peak of interest it is unsurprising that publishers are heavily promoting new general interest books on the subject. This is how I came to pick up Max Hastings? Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 for £15 from Tesco. Not a bad price for a hefty hardback, but was it worth the read?
It?s easy to be cynical about the coming World War One centenary fanfare. It?s a chance...